Hat support



J. VAN DYKE Nov. 2 6, 1929.

HAT SUPPOR T Filed Feb, 23. 2928 INVENTOR. Jesse 1 00 fly/re A TTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 26, 193% STATES Jnssn VAN IJYKE, or KANSAS ca ry, MISSOURIHAT surronr Application filed February 23, 1928. Serial No. 256,240.

My invention relates to hat supports, the principal object being tosupport a hat for protection of the crown and rim during han dling, forexample, when enclosed in a container for delivery.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide hat supporting means wich may be shipped in closely packed and unassembled condition forassembly at place of use.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention I haveprovided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the base member of my hat support.

Fig. 2 is a view of a band member adapted for bending into form forengagement with the base member. 7

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled elements of the device.

Fig. a is a central vertical section ofa device on which a hat ismounted and of a paper bag in which the supported hat is enclosed.

Fig. 5 is a verticalsection of the device illustrating the base memberas constituting the bottom of a hat box.

Referring in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a base member comprising preferably a square or rectangleof cellular material such as heavy strawboard slitted on parallel pairedlines, such as 2 and 3, the paired slits producing straps 4 comprisingthe portions of the board between the slits which may be lifted toproduce pockets 5. A hat receiving member 6 comprising a strippreferably of flexible and resilient material such as cardboard, isscored adjacent its ends 7 by transverse scorings 8, and the ends arepreferably tapered for convenient insertion into the pockets 5 of thebase member, the resilience of the straps causing the base member toengage the ends of the strip with relative security upon release of thestraps. The body portion 9 of the strip between the scorings 8 ismaterially longer than the distance between adjacent edges of the strapsso that when the strip is inserted, it is bent in a curved line toprovide a loop and the portions of the body adjacent the scoringsprovide shoulders for retainingthe strip in engagement with the straps.I also provide latching members 10 comprising tongues produced in thebase member adjacent the straps by slitting the base memberperpendicularly to the slits that produce the straps, the tongues beingadapted for being lifted to receive the portions of the body memberadjacent the scorings for bracing the strip in installed position andalso for latching the ends of the strip against accidental slipping fromthe poo rats or slits.

While the strip may be'bent when it is installed on a base I prefer toconfer a tendency to bend upon the band upon manufacture thereof so thata slight influence Willcause the band to assume its desired shape,'theconferred condition being represented by the transverse lines 11 inthe'drawings.

The two members of the device are shipped unassembled in plane positionand thus occupy small amount of space. The members may be assembled atany time to providea conveniently available stock of hat supports readyfor use, or may be assembled when a hat support is required.

In assembly a strip may be bent into curved position by such process aspassing it over the edge of a board, the conferring of a semipermanentcurvature being assisted by the preferred treatment given uponmanufacture. The strip tends, however, to return to straight position.The ends of the strip are bent on the score lines, and inserted underthe straps of the'base'so that the outer edges of the ends protrude fromthe exterior slits and bear upon the upper surface of the base, thecurved loop tending to urge and latch the endsin the pockets.

The tongues are lifted and engaged with the'inside of the body portionof the loop and being relatively resilient, spring back to latch theloop in engagement with the straps. A hat may then e mounted on thebase, the loop extending into the crown and tending to support the samewhile the base member supports and protects the rim of the hat. Theloop, as illustrated in the drawings, bears against opposite sides ofthe hat and, therefore, anchors it to the board or base 100 member sothat it is retained in relatively fixed position on the base memberwhereby the edges of the base member protect the edges of the hat brimfrom distortion or injury and the hat is prevented from shifting fromone side of the base member to the other.

A hat, designated 12 in the drawings, mounted on a base may be enclosedin a paper ba designated 13 for delivery.

ig. 4 illustrates a modified application of the device wherein the basemember comprises the bottom of a hat box 14, the retention of the hat bythe arcuate strip anchored to the bottom of the box preventing theslipping of the hat towards the walls 15 as well as preventing thefalling of the hat to the top 16 of the box in case the box should beoverturned.

that I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a hat support, abase member having parallel pairs of slits, and ahat-receiving member having ends receivable respectively in said pairsof slits for attaching the hat-receiving member to the base member, oneof said members having an outstruok tongue engageable with the othermember for latching the members together.

2. In a hat support, a base member having parallel pairs of slitsproducing anchoring straps, a hat-receiving member having endsreceivable under said straps for attaching the hat-receiving member tothe base member, and resilient tongues on the base member perpendicularto the straps engageable with the hat-receiving member to latch thesame.

3. In a hat support, a base member pro vided with paired straps andoutstruck tongues adjacent said straps, and an arcuate hat-receivingmember having portions engaged by said straps for attaching the :arcuatemember to the base member and latched by said tongues.

4. In a hat support, a base member comprising asheet having parallelstraps, and ahat-receiving member comprising a strip of flexiblematerial adapted for shaping upon insertion of the ends into engagementwith said straps to limit the projection of the ends through the straps,and an outstruck tongue on one member engageable with the other memberfor latching the strip to the sheet.

5. In a hat support, a base member comprising a sheet having parallelpairs of slits producing spaced straps, and a hat-receiving memberhaving ends adapted for insertion into said slits for retention by thestraps, and tongues outstruok from the base member for latching the endsof the hat-receiving member in the slits.

6. In a hat support including a base member comprising a sheet havingparallel pairs of slits producing spaced straps, a hat-receiving membercomprisi g a trip of ce lular material provided with transverse scoringsadiacent its ends, said strip being adapted for shaping upon insertionof the ends into engagement with said straps and bending of the strip atthe scorings to limit the projection of the ends through the slits, andmeans on the sheet for latching the strip in shaped position.

7, In a hat supporting device, a base mem-. ber comprising a piece ofcardboard having parallel pairs of slits providing spaced straps and ahat receiving member comprising a band of cardboard having endsinsertable into said pairs of slits for engagement by the straps andadapted for bending of the ends to provide shoulders to bear oppositelyagainst the straps for retaining the l1at-receiving member "inengagement with the base member.

8. In a hat supporting device, a base mem ber comprising a piece ofcardboard having parallel pairs of slits providing spaced straps and ahatereceiving member comprising a band of cardboard having endsinsertable into said pairs of slits for engagement by the straps andadapted for bending of the ends to provide shoulders to bear oppositelyagainst the straps for retaining the hat-receiving member in engagementwith the base member, and tongues produced in the base member byslitting the same perpendicularly to said first-named slits, adapted forlatching the ends of the band in engagement with the straps.

JESSE VAN DYKE'.

